Reviews

Following the late-2025 release of his second album Gift In The Shadows, UK singer-songwriter Charlie Freeman, known as FREE/MAN, returns with the Reconnection EP, a smaller but deeply intentional offering that acts almost like a spiritual palate cleanser. Where the album wrestles openly with darkness, forgiveness, and the long road…

Released October 25th, 2025, 献给AI的思考 is not just an album but the culmination of a year-long cultural and emotional experiment from musician–engineer Aleksandr Podkhaliuzin, known here under the Chinese name 彭俐客. Written first as a narrative before ever touching the music, the project channels the disorientation, longing, and unexpected tenderness…

Cornwall’s rising five-piece, Flo Crowe & The Dilemmas, return with “Shy Girl,” their second single on Little Genius Recordings, released October 31st, 2025. Following their warmly received debut That Was That and growing momentum across BBC Introducing and festival stages like Boardmasters, the group continues shaping a sound that blends…

Sonny Siminski’s Giveth brings a breeze of bedroom folk with the intimacy from music made alone with time, memory, and a stubborn, searching heart. Written and recorded at home on a basic multitrack setup, the EP proudly carries that DIY pulse. The songs feel handcrafted, stitched from noodling sessions, half-formed…

“Fumes” is the latest single from HorthWorld, the project of Derbyshire singer-songwriter Andrew Horth, and it comes charged with sleepless energy and indie-rock warmth. Written about the real-life push-pull of chasing big dreams while juggling full-time work and a relationship, the track captures that delirious stage where exhaustion and affection…

Jazz-soul artist Anton Commissaris continues to cultivate his warm, timeless musical universe with “Keep My Faith in Love,” a new single that glows with a soft, steady optimism. Recorded in the San Francisco Bay Area and inspired by greats like Stevie Wonder and Antônio Carlos Jobim, the track sits comfortably…

Los Angeles–based singer-songwriter Julia Kate returns with “be nice princess,” which gives you the most relatable of emotions alongside catchy pop music. The song was inspired by a meme on Instagram that sparked a story about a friendship fraying at the edges in her head. Co-written with Nick Rosen, the…

Cronos Matter returns with “Guiding Light,” released just this November 1st, 2025, leading into the band’s cinematic rock sensibility while grinding into sensitivity and spiritual searching. The project, often described as “future-born” for its atmospheric rock, ambient textures, and storytelling, leans closer to a tender ballad form. It’s a song…

Dotts O’Connor’s new single “Fail We May” arrives like a steadying and warm hand on the shoulder. The track is rooted in the now-famous Andrew Weatherall story, where a simple exchange with a fisherman led to being struck with the mesmerizing resilient mantra, “Fail we may, but sail we must.”…

Steel & Velvet’s new release, People Just Float, is unhurried, intimate, and carved down to only what matters. Built by Breton musicians Johann Le Roux, Romuald Ballet-Baz, and Jean-Alain Larreur, the band has always favored the raw bones of music, with acoustic guitars and a voice that doesn’t hide behind…